ABSTRACT
Abstract verbal form in Latin which is derived from verbs of motion. There are two types of supine in Latin: (a) supine I ends in -tum and has adjectival meaning, indicating a direction or purpose: Salutatum venire ‘to come for the purpose of greeting’; (b) supine II ends in -u and appears after certain adjectives: Haec res est facilis intellectu ‘This is easy to understand.’
